Q) I start my application and I don't see anything? It worked before! A) If running a tutorial or demo: Did you start the application / emacs and slime in the directory of clog? By default that is /common-lisp/clog? Or you can use (defparameter clog::*overide-static-root* #P"~/common-lisp/clog/static-files/") to overide the static path in (clog:initialize) If running your own app. Make sure the :static-file key is set correctly on (clog:initialize)